Untitled Deck Flashcards
Samsung (TNC) details
22% of South Korea’s GDP in 2022, aims to maximize investor returns, operates 8 factories in India ‘skirting local laws’ with wages. Quote: ‘The CEO of Samsung is more important than the president of South Korea’ - Sukhoon Washington Post
Abused connections with Govt to merge with Cheil Industries in 2015
ISIS (Illegal NSA) objectives & timeline
Carrying out acts of terrorism to instill fear, disrupt societies, and gain international attention.
In territories it controlled, ISIS attempted to implement its interpretation of Islamic governance, including judicial, educational, and social systems based on its strict views.
Power: ISIS’s power was based on military strength, psychological warfare, and control over territories and populations at its height.
. June 2014: declared caliphate and captured Mosul (Iraq’s second-largest city)
ICC (IGO) structure and effectiveness
123 signatories, Court of Last Resort. Issued 44 indictments (mostly African) and 2023 Putin warrant showing enforcement limitations
Help promote international peace and security by deterring future perpetrators
- Serve as a court of law resort that can investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Catholic Church (Legal NSA)
Signed Paris Accords (2015), advocates for integral ecology. Quote: ‘At this particular moment in our history, marked by increasingly troubling conflicts that undermine multilateralism, it is necessary to consolidate our efforts in favor of integral ecology - an issue that - like climate change - is in danger of being overshadowed.’ - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Phillipines is 80% catholic and upon the Laudato Si quoted it in relation to new climate laws.
Yemen Armed Conflict details
2014: Houthis took capital; 2015: Saudi coalition intervenes; 9% sea-oil transport; 22,000 ships yearly; US provided $110B arms; 22M face food insecurity (2023)
IMF role and Greek crisis
190 signatories, Lender of Last Resort. Greece: 146% debt-GDP ratio (2010), received 300B euros bailout, implemented austerity saving 3% GDP
Venezuela’s economic crisis
99% income from oil exports, 929,790% hyperinflation (2018), GDP contracted 65% (2013-2019), oil price collapsed from $100/barrel (2014) to under $30 (2016)
China’s South China Sea significance
Handles 60% world maritime trade, $3.37T USD trade in 2016. Quote from Philippine President Marcos Jr. (April 2023): ‘We have to defend our territorial waters and our sovereignty.’
China’s Xinjiang situation
47 UN states expressed concern, OIC (57 Islamic states) commended China, 12,000 deaths documented by historian Ethan Gutmann
China-Australia trade dispute
2020: China imposed 212% tariffs on Australian wine (from 0%). Quote: ‘The Australian government is aware of longer port processing times for Australian coal imports into China. China’s discriminatory actions are hurting Australia and they are in breach of WTO rules.’ - Simon Birmingham, Australian Minister for Trade, December 2020
UNCRC implementation contrast
Saudi Arabia (1996): No minimum marriage age. Quote from Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al (2014): ‘incorrect to say its not permitted to marry of girls who are 15 and younger’. India (2017): Supreme Court banned under-18 marriage citing UNCRC Article 34
CEDAW implementation in Egypt
Ratified 1981, but 86% of married women 15-49 underwent FGM as of 2021, practice dates to 5th Century BC
Japan’s migration policies
Specified Skilled Worker visa (2019): 345,000 workers over 5 years. Refugee acceptance: 47 out of 10,375 applications (2021)
Germany’s refugee response
Accepted 1M+ Syrian refugees (2015). Quote from Merkel: ‘If Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won’t be the Europe we wished for.’ Following Convention Articles 3 and 33, increased GDP by 1% annually
Russia-Ukraine conflict
$135B damage, Putin claimed ‘Ukraine is not a real country’, US provided $50B assistance (2023), ICC warrants issued
